Krishna Avanti Primary School

Free schools·Primary school Croydon·CR0 4HA
Composite score
73.3
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#1,348
National rank
#375
In London
#8
In Croydon
Top 9%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
84%
% achieving higher RWM
16%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
85%
34 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.13
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
108
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
2.81 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 4521 m
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.22
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2020220.9720230.8020240.9220251.132026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
202
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Hindu
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
92.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,530
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Krishna Avanti Primary School is a primary school serving Croydon, classified by the DfE as a free school with a Hindu religious character. It has 202 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 84% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 10.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 9% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 111 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 16% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Krishna Avanti Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 34 first choices for 30 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.81 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Krishna Avanti Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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